Aguelmam Azegza (in Moroccan Arabic: أڭلمام أزڭزة (Aglmam Azgza), meaning "green lake") is a natural lake located to the east of the city of Khénifra in Morocco, about twenty kilometers as the crow flies. Located in the great cedar of Ajdir Izayane, it is part of the national park of Khénifra.
It is a karstic lake with an area of about 62 ha (maximum length: 1.66 km and a maximum width of 0.42 km) at an altitude of 1,474 m. Landlocked and occupying a depressive zone of an average depth of 26 m, it is surrounded by limestone reliefs, covered with a forest predominantly of cedars and oaks. Its location in the mid-atlasic cedar - the cedar tree of Ajdir Izayane - gives it a very distinctive blue-green color.
The bioclimate of its region is of subhumid to humid type; Average precipitation is estimated at 1,150 mm per year. The waters of this lake are rich in fish of different species, tench, carp, roach, perch or pike. The latter, which is highly appreciated for the quality of its flesh, tends to disappear, due to the degradation of the biotope by man (abusive fishing and pollution). Many of these fish species are allochthonous: they were introduced by the French water and forestry services at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Due to the lack of rainfall during the 1980s, the lake experienced an alarming drop in its level. Its location in the midst of Ajdir Izayane led the authorities to make the lake and its region an eco-tourist site. This lake was classified as a national heritage, following the decree of 29 July 1949.
